Reuters AlertNet:
Leaders of the new Democratic-controlled Congress are vowing to fight it. An elite panel on Iraq has shown little enthusiasm for it. And even some military commanders are deeply skeptical about it.
Still, President George W. Bush is expected to shrug off those concerns and unveil plans to send more troops to Iraq, setting the stage for the most intense debate on the war since the U.S.-led invasion almost four years ago.
Bush is to make a televised address to Americans on his new Iraq plan on Wednesday at 9 p.m. (0200 GMT).
By going ahead with a troop increase, Bush is again proclaiming himself the "decider" as he tries to reassert his relevance after coming out on the losing end of a congressional power shift, analysts say.
And that's pretty much the long and short of it -- Bush seeks to prove he's still relevant. If that means more people sacrificed on the altar of Bush's ego, tough luck.
I'm sticking with my contrary child theory. What Nancy Pelosi or Harry Reid needs to do is take Bush aside and say, "Look, you need to send even more troops to Iraq -- because that's what a wuss would do..."
We'd be out of Iraq tomorrow.
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